EDGE OF SUMMER (2024)

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EDGE OF SUMMER (2024) by Lucy Cohen
Drama Thriller 90' UK English Language
Awards Special Mention Young Jury - Der Neue Heimatfilm 24, Zhanna Award, Best Feature - Little Venice FF 24

Festivals Ale Kino! International Young Audience FF 25; Stockholm FF Junior 2025, Youth FF Antwerp 2025, Cornwall FF 24, Russell Hobbs British FF 24, Camerimage 24, Generation Fleadh 24, Little Venice FF 24, Seminci Valladolid 24, Film Fest Gent 24, Dinard British FF 24, Lucas 24, Der Neue Heimatfilm 24, Filmfest München 24, WP - Glasgow 2024

A summer holiday and an old folk tale bring two 11-year-olds together as they set out to explore just what, or who, is calling to them, from deep within an abandoned tin mine.

Evie arrives in Cornwall expecting a girls’ holiday with her mum. But when she meets local boy Adam, a mysterious discovery down an old tin mine changes everything. As they begin to question what is real and imagined in their lives above ground, childhood narratives unravel and a darker, more complex picture of the adult world takes shape.

★★★★ 1/2

- Eye For Film

★★★★

- The Upcoming

"A long, hot Cornish summer"

- Screen

CAST
Josie Walker (KNEECAP)
Nichola Burley (LYNN + LUCY)
Flora Hylton, Joel Sefton-Iongi

Written & Directed by
Lucy Cohen

Cinematography by
Rachel Clark

Produced by
Julia Nottingham, Ariadne Kotsaki

Executive produced by
Eva Yates, Kristin Irving and Fergus Haycock.

Developed and produced by
Dorothy St Pictures

With the support of
BBC Film and BFI, awarding National Lottery funding

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